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eral ocelli close to the border of the eye; iiiiteiiiue and legs brown, the 

 trochanters, base of tibia', and tarsi yellowish; anterior and middle legs 

 sometimes yellowish. Antennie 10-jointed, in 9 with a 4 Jointed club, 

 the joints, except the last, not longer than wide, usually wider than 

 long, the last ovate; funide slender, joints 1, ,3, and 4 small, joint 2 

 elongate; in S with a 4-joiiited chil>, the joints slightly pedicellate and 

 covered with sparse white hairs; second fnniclar joint swollen, longer 

 than the pedicel; first fnniclar joint very small, closely joined to the 

 second; joints 3 and 4 small. Thorax convex, poh shed, without fur- 

 rows; scutellum foveated at base, pubescent at sides, and terminating 

 in a tubercle or very short spine, which is only twice as long as thick; 

 metapleura covered with a dense white jiubesceuce. Abdomen broadly 

 oval, highly polished, black, a little shorter than the thorax, the petiole 

 very short and transverse, pubescent. 



Habitat. — District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from several specimens. 



Iieptacis cynipiphilus . 



Asbm., Can. Ent., xix. p. 129, 9 <? ; Cress., Syii. Hyin., p. 249. 



S 9. Length, 1.5'""'. Polished bUick; antenna', except club and the 

 legs, brownish-yellow; coxa' bhick ; in 9 with the legs fuscous, tlie tro- 

 chantens, base of tibia', and tarsi yellow; club brown-black; mandibles 

 pale. 



Head a little wider than the thorax. Antenna^ 10-jointed; the 

 funicle slender, the second joint longer than the first, the third and 

 fourth, small, but a little thicker than the second; club 4-jointed, the 

 joints, except the last, as wide as long; in 6 with the tlagellum black, 

 pilose, the club joints from two and one half to three times as long as 

 thick; the first funiclar joint as long as thick; the second more than 

 twice as long, and stouter. 



Thorax smootli, without furrows. Scutellum with 2 broad tovese at 

 base, pubescent and delicately margined at sides, ending in a small 

 tubercle or a short awl shaped spine. JVIetapleura and petiole densely 

 pubescent. Tegula? black. Wings hyaline with a short, sparse pubes- 

 cence. Abdomen oval, a little shorter than the thorax, the i)etiole 

 very short, transverse, covered with a dense white, glittering pubes- 

 cence, the pubescence extending on to the base of the second abdom- 

 inal segment. 



Habitat.— Jacksonville, Fla. _. _ 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from several specimens. ~ "^ -'- " ^^ 



